I have been a scrapping fiend thanks to some fabulous challenges from Jen Wilson. The best part is that I haven’t had to buy too much of her stuff to complete the challenges. She has some great Sock Monster finds on sale for just 75c and it has filled out my Jen Wilson stash quite nicely.

This was something fun for Jen’s chat challenge. The task was to “dress” yourself in the new Laundry line products. Something I learned… I have no patience (or ability) to do extractions. But you get the idea right? 🙂

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And here are my final four (yes, four!) LOs for the challenges. That makes nine total and I actually like each and every LO. That almost never happens.

This challenge was to go to the extreme. My extreme was minimalism and lots of white space.

The challenge here – to do create something using a new technique or design. I was definitley indulging my girly side with this one. Don’t have a chance to do that very often.

This challenge – use at least 8 of your favourite type of scrap product. I went for ribbons and trim.

This one was a focus on photos challenge. I took each of these pics for my 365 challenge.

Phew – I have been busy. The funny thing is that none of these LOs felt like a chore. I actually really enjoyed the prompts and have been feeling very creative.

Do have to get back to some CT LOs this weekend though. Lauren has a brand new boy kit coming soon (and I mean BOY!) and Tara has some great new stuff that I need to play with too.

Have a great weekend.

Nicole

I am crazy busy at work right now and am about to hit my 3rd trimester. The result is total exhaustion. Not the sort of exhaustion that means I will have a long deep sleep. Oh no, that’s impossible with an aching back and legs that won’t move into a comfortable position. It’s the type of exhaustion that means my body aches and my mind wants to shut down. Just three more months (!).

Thankfully I was able to find some mojo on the weekend and actually do some scrapping. I used photos from my 365 project in these pages. Actually the 365 project is a great scrapping tool. I find I already have the images and the stories available and then when I have a chance I already have part of my LO started. These 365 photos are more than just photos to me – they tell our day to day story.

Now onto the LOs.

This one uses some of Lauren’s free wordart and some other goodies from Jen Wilson.

This one shows off  my belly from a fun angle. I am trying to find unique ways to photograph myself during this time. I wasn’t scrapping when I was pregnant with Thomas and didn’t take a lot of photos. So much for the second one being neglected in the photo department.

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Nicole

OK – this is officially my new favourite layout. I tried adding more and more to it but it just didn’t seem to work. I think the expression, the wordart and of course the hat, tell the story. Click on image for credits.

Happy Sunday

Nicole

I have actually been feeling pretty creative. Not sure if it’s all the photos I have been taking or the fact that this baby has stopped sucking my mojo. Here are a couple with some Lauren Goodies and fonts from Darci Baldwin. Don’t think I ever mentioned that I am guesting on her CT this month. It’s so much fun being on a font CT and Darci’s fonts are fabulous.

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